Tag: Johnny Hodges

Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges – Back To Back
(Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues) [1959] [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Basic Scans Included
Total Size: 1.91 GB (DSF) + 883 MB (FLAC) + 1.95 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CVRJ 6055 SA | Genre: Swing, Jazz

These distinctive small-group sessions, featuring Duke Ellington as pianist in a blues context, are part of a group of recordings issued under the confusing titles Back to Back and Side by Side, and further reissued under the not particularly distinctive name of Blues Summit. But there should be no confusion about the high quality of music that came out of these sessions — it is all “cooking with gas” as the expression goes. Continue reading “Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges – Back To Back (Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues) [1959] [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges – Side By Side (1959) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Back & Front Covers Included
Total Size: 1.85 GB (ISO) + 856 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CVRJ 6109 SA | Genre: Post Bop, Swing

Although it is billed as a Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges album, Side by Side is a 1959 album mostly under the leadership of Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington’s alto saxophonist for many years. Ellington only appears on three of this album’s tracks. Continue reading “Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges – Side By Side (1959) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”